MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 27 - Apr 03, 2008 Edition Book Sales Rise in 2008, AAP Reports New York, NY/3/25/2008--Book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of January saw an increase of 7.2 percent for the month, the AP reported...
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Pen World Voices-Festival Features-New Events, Authors
GENERAL NEWS March 27 - Apr 03, 2008 Edition Pen World Voices Festival Features New Events, Authors NEW YORK CITY (March 20, 2008)—The event schedule and author line-up for the fourth annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature were announced...
Random House Sees Lower 2007 Revenues Impacted By Weak Dollar
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 20 - March 27, 2008 Edition Random House Sees Lower 2007 Revenues Impacted By Weak Dollar BERLIN/3/18/08Random House, the leading global trade book publisher, recorded lower revenues and operating profit in 2007 than in the previous year, it...
Bookstore Sales Show Solid Gains In January
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition Bookstore Sales Show Solid Gains In January WASHINGTON, DC/3/14/08--Bookstore sales for January 2008 showed a solid 4.7% increase to $2.28 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, close to overall retail sales...
Small Christian Press Battles RWA Policies
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition Small Christian Press Battles RWA Policies Tsaba House, a California-based Christian book publisher may take legal action against the Romance Writers of America for refusing to admit one of its authors as a nominee...
Regnery Wins Arbitration Suit Against Miniter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition Regnery Wins Arbitration Suit Against Miniter WASHINGTON, DC/3/18/08--Regnery Publishing won an arbitration hearing March 14 , allowing it to recover a $150,000 advance paid to author Richard Miniter for a two book...
Penguin Launches E-Book Classics With Added Features
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition Penguin Launches E-Book Classics With Added Features NEW YORK, NY/3/17/08--Penguin Group (USA) will launch a line of classics in e-book format this May, beginning with Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The new...
Year-End Report Shows Hachette Performed Well
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition Year-End Report Shows Hachette Performed Well PARIS/3/13/08-- Lagardere SCA, the French publishing and media giant, reported yesterday that Hachette publishing units in the U.S. and Canada contributed 18% (about...
Ingram Digital Structures For Further Growth
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition Ingram Digital Structures For Further Growth LaVERGNE, TN/3/10/08--Ingram Digital, an Ingram Content company, has announced that it is enhancing the structure of its organization in order to meet the increasing...
Barnes & Noble Chairman Buys More Stock as Earnings Dip
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition Barnes & Noble Chairman Buys More Stock as Earnings Dip NEW YORK, NY/3/10/08The chairman of Barnes & Noble Inc., which operates the world's largest chain of retail book stores, bought 890,000 shares of...
